Good News from Peru

Peru is one of the Latin American countries which has shown it can go either way. Parts of it work well, parts don't. As such, COTTonLINE treats news from Peru as a sort of "canary in the coal mine" for Latin America, an indicator of progress.

We have good news from Peru; the last leader of Sendero Luminosa, the Maoist Shining Path insurgency, has been wounded and captured in the deep jungle of eastern Peru. See the story on the BBC News Latin America & Caribbean site. This suggests Peru's new president has kept his eye on the ball.